New Hanover County News

He was trying to pick up a woman who needed a ride but instead he got a ticket for stopping on the side of the street. Cab driver Gary Nolt said he was just doing his job early Saturday morning when he was picking up customers in Wrightsville Beach.
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Don't go in the water! That is, unless you're brave enough to face off with even more piranha in the sequel to last summer's surprise hit, Piranha 3D. Dimension Films announced today that principal photography has begun in Wilmington, N.C., on Piranha 3DD (yes, that's the real title) and that audiences should know that "there's something in the water . . . again."
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A New Hanover County school bus was involved in a wreck this afternoon on Carolina Beach Road near Monkey Junction.
We're told about five students were on the bus at the time. One was sent to the hospital. The driver of the car involved went as well. No word on their injuries or who was at fault.
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A New Hanover County Grand Jury indicted Thomas Howard Grooms, Jr. of two counts of Second Degree Murder in the April 3, 2011 deaths of Ronald David Doolittle II and Ronald David Doolittle III.
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The CFPUA Operations Department has repaired and mitigated a sewer spill which occurred on April 23, 2011. The incident was reported at 5:45 p.m. and the spill was stopped at 6:20 p.m. (approximately 40 minutes, observed). The spill was from a manhole located at the end of Myrtle Ave. along Bradley Creek. The spill was caused by a failure of the bypass pumping system being used to bypass pump station 35 at Bradley Creek during upgrade and rehabilitation work at the pump station.
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Easter Sunday was turned out to be terrific for the UNCW men's tennis team. The Seahawks captured the CAA men's tennis title. When you add in the golf titles UNCW secured on Sunday, this was clearly an historic day for UNC Wilmington athletics.
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The UNCW men's golf team captured first place in the CAA golf tournament holding onto the lead they had entering the final round. New Hanover grad Josh Brock led the UNCW contingent at the three day event in Pinehurst. The UNCW women's golf team also won in come from behind fashion to claim the CAA women's title.
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